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[BaumD]

 

From ACL's Facebook page. Any guesses???

[twototravel]

Another new ship?

[Globalfish]

What I wish ACL would do is merge their sister company Pearl Seas Cruises (which does the Great Lakes) into their own brand, similar to what American Queen Voyages has recently done with Victory Cruise Lines.  More to the point, I wish that by doing so that ACL offers a wider choice of itineraries on the Great Lakes, such as one similar to Undiscovered Great Lakes (focusing almost exclusively on Lake Superior) that I am taking with Viking in May 2023.  ACL, are reading this?

 

 

 

[twototravel]

@Globalfish We had a trip scheduled on Pearl Seas for Canada in 2020, but since it was closed, we were able to very easily transfer our money via a voucher over to ACL. It was even good for 2 years, instead of the 1 year that ACL usually issues.

[chengkp75]

2 hours ago, Globalfish said:

What I wish ACL would do is merge their sister company Pearl Seas Cruises (which does the Great Lakes) into their own brand, similar to what American Queen Voyages has recently done with Victory Cruise Lines.  More to the point, I wish that by doing so that ACL offers a wider choice of itineraries on the Great Lakes, such as one similar to Undiscovered Great Lakes (focusing almost exclusively on Lake Superior) that I am taking with Viking in May 2023.  ACL, are reading this?

 

 

 

The reason ACL won't fold Pearl Seas into the one brand, is that ACL is US flagged vessels, and Pearl Mist is foreign flag.  This complicates the tax situation for ACL, so it is easier to keep the brands separate.  As for Viking, they are still learning the ropes on North American cruises, as when they ran into the problems of people booking their Great Lakes cruises back to back and finding that this violates Canada's Coastal Shipping Act (similar to US PVSA).

[Globalfish]

Thank you for the explanation.

[BaumD]

Now called Project Blue

 

[DaveinCharlotte]

On 1/10/2022 at 7:31 AM, twototravel said:

Another new ship?

Beginning to think your guess was right.

[BaumD]

A catamaran???

[Kay S]

Pearl Seas cruise line has one, very tired and shabby ship, the Pearl Mist.  Worst cruise I ever took.